Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Daily Mail sold well over 200,000 copies daily in its first years and reached half-a-million sales after three years . |
| 2 | With the industry hours away from its first formal truce since the Unix wars began ( UX No 388 ) , DEC returned to the rhetoric that marked the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 3 | Here , let me wash the mugs up for you first . ’ |
| 4 | Andrew 's job as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot , based in Somerset , meant they spent just 100 days together in their first year and it was a parting that Fergie felt particularly keenly . |
| 5 | Should he sweep her into his arms and kiss the daylights out of her first , or should he slow down for explanations ? |
| 6 | SCO hopes the new programme will help it focus on three markets — retail , finance and government — and its expects to sell 1,500 developers kits there in its first year — between 400 — 500 of them in Europe . |
| 7 | If you 're not used to bending strings up with your first finger these will probably take a fair amount of practice to master … |
| 8 | She was more angry than shocked , particularly when Old Red suggested it was not wholly wise for ladies not in their first youth to climb ladders . |
| 9 | They had remained firm friends ever since their first meeting . |
| 10 | The H3 building had been put up hastily in the early 1950s to get the scientists out of their first accommodation that had been little more than Nissen huts . |
| 11 | She had watched from the window as they walked down the jetty , anxious as a mother sending her children off on their first day at school . |
| 12 | We arrived as keen as a couple of puppies out for their first walkies , full of fun and raring to go ! |
| 13 | The word ‘ anticipatory ’ falls limply from its first syllable in its attempt to describe the atmosphere , recharged from row to row . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Middlesbrough will be at home to Edinburgh Monarchs tonight in their first Gold Cup fixture of the season . |